Current Brazilian law on animal experimentation.

Animal models in biological and biomedical research - experimental and ethical concerns.

Animal models have been used in experimental research to increase human knowledge and contribute to finding solutions to biological and biomedical questions. However, increased concern for the welfare of the animals used, and a growing awareness of the concept of animal rights, has brought a greater focus on the related ethical issues. In this review, we intend to give examples on how animals a...

The Brazilian legal framework on the scientific use of animals.

Brazil has an exceptionally dynamic research sector in Latin America in health, biotechnology, and pharmacology, backed by defined government policies on science and technology and a health research agenda focusing on important neglected diseases: malaria, leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, turberculosis, leprosy, and dengue. The Brazilian health research policy promotes partnerships and networks a...

[Towards a Brazilian regimentation for use of animals in teaching and in scientific research].

PURPOSE To describe the current situation of Brazilian regimentation for use of animals in teaching and in scientific research. METHODS It was identified and discussed the legislation about the use of animals in teaching and in scientific research in Brazil and in Rio de Janeiro State. RESULTS There is not an updated general and systematizing rule with focus on animal vivisection and experi...

Animal experimentation and the First Amendment.

Conscientious Objection to Animal Experimentation in Italian Universities

In Italy, Law 413/1993 states that public and private Italian Institutions, including academic faculties, are obliged to fully inform workers and students about their right to conscientious objection to scientific or educational activities involving animals, hereafter written as "animal CO". However, little monitoring on the faculties' compliance with this law has been performed either by the g...